Friction stir welding : from basics to applications

• Other Authors: Lohwasser, Daniela., Chen, Zhan.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Woodhead Pub., 2010.
• Series: Woodhead Publishing in materials.
• Subjects: Friction welding.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781613443453; 1613443455; 9781845697716; 1845697715; 9781845694500; 9781439802113
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 424 pages) : illustrations.

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a highly important and recently developed joining technology that produces a solid phase bond. It uses a rotating tool to generate frictional heat that causes material of the components to be welded to soften without reaching the melting point and allows the tool to mo...